Job 32:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull:

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  • Matt 11:25 : 25 At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes.
  • Job 12:20 : 20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason.
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.
  • Jer 5:5 : 5 Therfore will I go vnto their heades and rulers, and talke with them, if they knowe the way of the Lord, and iudgementes of their God: But these in lyke maner haue broken the yoke, and burst the bondes in sunder.
  • John 7:48 : 48 Doth any of the rulers or of the pharisees beleue on hym?
  • 1 Cor 1:26-27 : 26 Brethren, ye see your callyng, howe that not many wise men after the fleshe, not many myghtie, not many noble are called. 27 But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde, to confounde the wise: And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde, to confounde thynges which are myghtie:
  • 1 Cor 2:7-8 : 7 But we speake the wisedome of God in a misterie euen the hyd wisedome which God ordeyned before the worlde, vnto our glorie. 8 Which none of ye princes of this world knewe: For had they knowen it, they woulde not haue crucified the Lorde of glorie.
  • Jas 2:6-7 : 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates? 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named?

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  • Job 32:7-8
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    7 For I thought thus within my selfe: It becommeth old men to speake, and the aged to teache wysdome.

    8 Euery man no doubt hath a mynde, but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding.

  • Job 12:12-13
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    12 Among olde persons there is wysedome, and in age is vnderstanding.

    13 Yea, with God is wysdome and strength, it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge.

  • 13 Lest ye should say: We haue found out wisdome, God shall cast hym downe, and no man.

  • 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.

  • Eccl 9:16-17
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    16 Then sayd I, wysdome is better then strength: Neuerthelesse, a simple mans wysdome is despised, and his wordes are not hearde.

    17 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Job 15:9-10
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    73%

    9 What knowest thou, that we knowe not? And what vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?

    10 With vs are both olde and aged men, yea such as haue liued longer then thy father.

  • Job 12:2-3
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    2 Then no doubt ye are the men alone, and wysdome shall perishe with you.

    3 But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges?

  • 34 Let men of vnderstanding tell me, and let a wyse man hearken vnto me.

  • 5 Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement: but they that seeke the Lord, vnderstande all thinges.

  • 10 Therefore I say, heare me, and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding.

  • Job 28:12-13
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    72%

    12 Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

    13 Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue.

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    28 For it is a nation voyde of counsayle, neither is there any vnderstandyng in them.

    29 O that they were wyse, and vnderstoode this, that they woulde consider their latter ende.

  • 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

  • 26 Beholde, so great is God that he passeth our knowledge, neither can the number of his yeres be searched out.

  • 24 Let men therefore feare him: for there shall no man see him that is wyse in his owne conceit.

  • 3 I neuer learned wisdome, nor had knowledge of holy thynges.

  • 8 Understande ye vnwyse among the people: O ye fooles, when wyll ye be well aduised?

  • 10 As for al you, turne you and get you hence I pray you seeing I can not finde one wyse man among you.

  • 32 For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am:

  • 13 This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing:

  • 9 Therefore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afraide and taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde, what wisdome can then be among them?

  • 13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

  • 2 Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:

  • 20 Whence then commeth wysdome? and where is the place of vnderstanding?

  • 19 Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse, then ten mightie men of the citie.

  • 21 Is not their royaltie gone away with them? they shall dye truely, and not in wysdome.

  • 10 For he seeth that wyse men dye: and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together, and leaue their riches for other.

  • 4 Knowest thou not this of olde, and since God plaged man vpon earth,

  • 3 For who can keepe his owne counsaile so secrete but it shalbe knowen? Therefore haue I spoken that I vnderstoode not, euen the thinges that are to wonderfull for me, and passe myne vnderstanding.

  • 12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

  • 1 Who is wise? who hath knowledge to make an aunswere? A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine: but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour.

  • 16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

  • 33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • 22 Seeing God hath the highest power of all, who can teache him any knowledge?

  • 5 The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

  • 7 And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?

  • 23 Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches:

  • 20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth, & disapoynteth the aged of their reason.

  • 11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • 17 I vnderstoode of all the workes of God, but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne: and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out, yet can he not reach vnto them: yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them, yet shall he not finde them.

  • 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)

  • 18 Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers:

  • 22 Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them, because my people is become foolishe, and hath not knowen me: they are the children of foolishnesse, and without any discretion: To do euyll, they haue wit inough: but to do well, they haue no wisdome.